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New Ideas in Nyapyidaw: MPs Acquire Knowledge for Resource Governance

10 March 2015
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Myanmar Contract Disclosure - Burmese (PDF 1.35 MB)
Myanmar Contract Disclosure - English (PDF 1.33 MB)
Myanmar EITI - Burmese (PDF 859.07 KB)
Myanmar EITI - English (PDF 792.1 KB)
Myanmar Fiscal Regimes (Burmese) (PDF 1.56 MB)
Myanmar Fiscal Regimes (English) (PDF 174.33 KB)
Myanmar Revenue Management - Burmese (PDF 1.93 MB)
Myanmar Revenue Management - English (PDF 171.92 KB)
Myanmar State-Owned Enterprises - Burmese (PDF 1.84 MB)
Myanmar State-Owned Enterprises - English (PDF 153.52 KB)
Author
María Lasa Aresti
Topics
Legislation and regulation, State-owned enterprises, Global initiatives, Revenue management
Countries
Myanmar
Stakeholders
Parliaments and political parties
Social Sharing

Myanmar is a country rich in natural resources such as timber, oil and gas, minerals and gemstones and hydropower potential. This large endowment of natural resources significantly contributes to the country’s economic performance. In 2012-2013, Myanmar’s exports of natural resources amounted to 70 percent of total national exports and 10 percent of total GDP.

In a context of economic and political transition, the government has committed itself to increase transparency in its extractive sector. In July 2014 the country was accepted as an EITI candidate. In order to fully comply with the EITI Standard, Myanmar will have to take important steps to improve the transparency of its oil, gas and mineral sectors, particularly with respect to public disclosure of contracts.

Since 2013 NRGI has supported oversight actors in Myanmar to assert their role in improving accountability in the extractive sector. As part of our programming, we developed five briefings offering an overview of the current situation in the extractive sector on the following topics: EITI, contract disclosure, revenue management, state-owned enterprises and fiscal regimes. They are specifically written for members of parliament and offer strategies for successful engagement with extractive issues and suggest several action points for parliamentarians who wish to improve the governance and transparency of their country’s extractive industry. We hope they are also of use to others interested in improving resource governance in Myanmar.

Maria Lasa Aresti is a consultant with NRGI.

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